Archive for 2013

Review – European Multiculturalisms

Elise Rietveld • Apr 6 2013 • Features

Some political heavyweights have proclaimed that multiculturalism has failed. However, this edited collection argues that it remains the best way to conceptualise citizenship in Europe.

Principles of Distributive Justice Within the EU

Maurice Dunaiski • Apr 5 2013 • Essays

A transactional practice-dependent approach to distributive justice demonstrates that more social solidarity is required to counter problems of ‘background injustice’ in the EU.

The Institutional Aspects of Russia-EU Relations

Katja Mann • Apr 5 2013 • Essays

Russia has a special relationship with the EU, but since the end of the Cold War, both entities have struggled to find enough common ground for cooperation.

Setting the Scene for Crisis

Dylan Kissane • Apr 5 2013 • Articles

This week marks the beginning of a three-class-long Crisis Simulation. Through these simulations, students can learn about the complexity of international security and the difficulty of managing crises.

The War on Terror and Western Security Services

Oliver Jack Smith-Mearns • Apr 5 2013 • Essays

The War on Terror has greatly altered the role of Western security services: many changes have been products of the Bush Doctrine, and have been furthered by Obama’s policies.

The Rootedness of Inequality

Kathleen Cavanaugh • Apr 4 2013 • Articles

Violence against women and the societal attitudes that often provide the conditions which condone such acts cannot be parked solely within the developing world.

U.S. Foreign Policy Failures in Iraq

Patrick Pitts • Apr 4 2013 • Essays

The Gulf War may be considered a military triumph par excellence; however, a destabilized Iraq must also be considered a disastrous outcome for the U.S. Foreign Policy establishment.

Review – The Crisis of the European Union

Anthony Szczurek • Apr 3 2013 • Features

The EU as a project from its very beginnings has been elite-driven. The project as laid out in Habermas’ book continues in the same vein, contrary to the author’s protestations.

Globalizing Walls

Francis A. Beer and G. Robert Boynton • Apr 3 2013 • Articles

The walls in news stories are metaphors of community and division. They mix geography and history. They carry material and mythical meanings for the societies on either side, and for emerging global culture.

The Pinochet Regime and Chilean Politics

Matthew Gilmour • Apr 3 2013 • Essays

Political and economic improvements were made by the Pinochet regime, but the social costs associated with its repression and brutality means it is questionable whether they can really be described as improvements.

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